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Hugh Jackman to star in 'Real Steel'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:15:01 +0000

DreamWorks greenlights sci-fi movie Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider are betting big on robots for their first project since securing $825 million in financing for the reconstituted DreamWorks. The DreamWorks principals have greenlit the "Rocky"-esque robot tale "Real Steel," to star Hugh ...

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Hugh Jackman Hangs With Boxing Robots

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:10:07 +0000

Hugh Jackman has played a man with a harder-than-steel skeleton, but he has never really taken on anyone made of steel. At least, not beyond fighting giant steel Sentinels in X-Men as Wolverine. This time though, Jackman will be stepping into robot boxing movie Real Steel for Dreamworks, ...

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Hugh Jackman to play futuristic boxing robot

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:08:39 +0000

Ex-Oscar host and sometime movie star Hugh Jackman is to swap the Wolverine claw for, er, boxing gloves in Dreamworks' Real Steel . Jackman plays an ex-fighter - and struggling father - forced to improvise when boxing as we know it is banned and replaced with robot-on-robot bouts. He slums it ...

grifter101 posted 2 days ago from totalfilm.com

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Make It Stop: Hugh Jackman Robot Film Green-Lit

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:29:19 +0000

W hen your pitch for a film is “ Rocky meets robots,” you should stop and reconsider things. There’s no way that a film with that undercurrent should get off the ground. That is, unless you have Hugh Jackman and Steven Spielberg on your side. With those names in ...

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Hugh Jackman confirmed for Real Steel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:59:23 +0000

Just over two weeks ago we heard details on sci-fi drama Real Steel from director Shawn Levy, and now Variety have confirmed that Hugh Jackman will indeed by playing the lead. They also have details on the budget and when filming will begin. The DreamWorks principals have greenlit the ...

Filmonic posted 2 days ago from filmonic.com

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Hugh Jackman Confirmed for Real Steel

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:33:07 +0000

DreamWorks Pictures principals Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider have greenlit the Rocky -esque robot tale Real Steel starring Hugh Jackman, reports Variety . Filming will start in June. The Shawn Levy-directed futuristic film, budgeted at about $80 million, is based on a short story by ...

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Hugh Jackman Confirmed For Real Steal, But Is The $80 Million Budget Too Small?

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:03:27 +0000

You might remember back in September that w e reported Hugh Jackman as being in talks to star in Shawn Levy ’s futuristic robot boxing movie Real Steel . Variety now confirms that Jackman has indeed signed on to star in the sci-fi sports drama, which will go into production in ...

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Shawn Levy Wants Hugh Jackman for 'Real Steel'

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 09:28:49 +0000

You probably didn't see The Box . I think that's clear. So I'll reference I Am Legend as something from writer Richard Matheson with which you might be familiar. The sci-fi author even wrote some Twilight Zone episodes early on, and his latest film adaptation, Real Steel , may star ...

bigpicture posted 13 days ago from getthebigpicture.net

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Scribe to relive his 'Ten Best Days'

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:17:04 +0000

Josh Klausner as been tapped to adapt Adena Halpern's novel "The Ten Best Days of My Life," which Fox is developing as a starring vehicle for Amy Adams and directing vehicle for Shawn Levy. The book centers on a woman who dies and goes to the top of the afterlife echelon -- called, what else, ...

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Ten of the best for Klausner, Adams

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:17:04 +0000

The Hollywood Reporter announced today that Josh Klausner, co-writer of Shrek the Third and writer of next year’s comedy Date Night, is about to start work on adapting the novel The Ten Best Days Of My Life, by Adena Halpern. The story concerns a woman who has to win a place in the ...

heyuguys posted 7 days ago from heyuguys.co.uk

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More details on Hugh Jackman’s robot boxing movie

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:45:52 +0000

While on the rounds promoting the DVD for Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian director Shawn levy was asked about Real Steel , a sci-fi film that would see Hugh Jackman boxing Rocky-style against robots. From Sci-Fi Wire : “Hugh Jackman plays a former boxer who can ...

Filmonic posted 13 days ago from filmonic.com

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Date Night trailer lands

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:33:10 +0000

The first trailer for Date Night, starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey, has arrived online and you can see it below. A sort of middle-aged After Hours, it finds the TV comedy titans as Phil and Claire Foster, an unassuming suburban couple whose lives are these days dominated by their kids' ...

grifter101 posted 14 days ago from totalfilm.com

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Trailer - Tina Fey and Steve Carell in 'Date Night'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:24:49 +0000

OK, I'm game: Tina Fey and Steve Carell are starring in what is essentially a married update of North by Northwest . Mistaken identity, chased by thugs, chase thing at the end...with a married couple instead of Cary Grant. And Date Night actually looks like it works. Most of that ...

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Shawn Levy Gives Up More Details About His Robot Boxing Movie Real Steel

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:27:23 +0000

Back in September we heard that Night at the Museum and Date Night director Shawn Levy might be doing a movie called Real Steel , which depicts a world in which people get their kicks watching robots beat the hell out of each other. Then we heard that Hugh Jackman was the frontrunner as ...

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